Norman Bird

John George Norman Bird (30 October 1924 – 22 April 2005) was an English character actor. Bird was born in Coalville, Leicestershire, England. A RADA graduate, he made his West End debut in Peter Brook's production of The Winter's Tale at the Phoenix Theatre in 1951. He was also a member of the BBC's Radio Drama Company. His first film appearance was as the foreman in An Inspector Calls (1954). He was a familiar face to British cinema audiences of the 1950s and 1960s, appearing in nearly 50 films such as The Angry Silence (1960), The League of Gentlemen (1960), Whistle Down the Wind (1961), Victim (1961) and Term of Trial (1962) with Laurence Olivier and The Hill with Sean Connery (1965). He had over 200 television appearances, notably as Mr Braithwaite in Worzel Gummidge (1979–81) and Mr Arrad in the Fawlty Towers episode "Waldorf Salad" (1979). His long list of credits include Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part, Rising Damp, Ever Decreasing Circles, Yes Minister, To Serve Them All My Days, All Creatures Great and Small, Z-Cars, Public Eye, The Saint, Department S, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Boon. In 1990 he appeared in Stay Lucky, with Dennis Waterman, which marked his 200th television appearance. One of his last film appearances was as a taxi driver in Richard Attenborough's Shadowlands (1993).

Known For: Acting

Born: Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK, 1920-10-30

Died: 2005-04-22

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1954	An Inspector Calls	Jones-Collins - Foreman	71
2	1960	The Angry Silence	Roberts	71
3	1960	The League of Gentlemen	Weaver	71
4	1960	Man in the Moon	Herbert	64
5	1961	Very Important Person	Travers	52
6	1961	The Secret Partner	Ralph Beldon	58
7	1961	Whistle Down the Wind	Eddie	71
8	1961	Victim	Harold Doe	75
9	1961	Cash on Demand	Arthur Sanderson	76
10	1962	Night of the Eagle	Doctor	68
11	1962	Term of Trial	Mr. Taylor	59
12	1962	In Search of the Castaways	Senior Yacht Guard	64
13	1963	The Cracksman	Policeman	63
14	1963	The Mind Benders	Aubrey	64
15	1963	Bitter Harvest	Mr. Pitt	62
16	1963	The Punch and Judy Man	Reginald Fletcher	78
17	1963	Maniac	Salon	62
18	1963	80,000 Suspects	Harold Davis	69
19	1964	The Bargee	Waterways Supervisor Albert Williams	69
20	1964	Hot Enough for June	Employment Exchange Clerk	59
21	1964	First Men in the Moon	Stuart	63
22	1964	The Beauty Jungle	Mr. Edward Freeman	52
23	1964	The Black Torment	Harris	58
24	1965	The Hill	Commandant	75
25	1966	Sky West and Crooked	Mr. Cheeseman - undertaker	54
26	1966	The Wrong Box	Clergyman	65
27	1968	A Dandy in Aspic	Copperfield	68
28	1969	All at Sea	Mr. Danvers	0
29	1969	The Limbo Line		40
30	1969	Oh! What a Lovely War	Training Sgt (uncredited)	68
31	1969	Run a Crooked Mile	Sgt. Hooper	80
32	1970	The Virgin and the Gypsy	Uncle Fred	22
33	1970	Up Among the Cuckoos	Walter	0
34	1970	The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer	Alderman Poot	61
35	1971	The Raging Moon	Dr Matthews	65
36	1971	Please Sir!	Reynolds	56
37	1971	Hands of the Ripper	Police Inspector	62
38	1972	Doomwatch	Brewer	60
39	1972	Young Winston	Party Chairman	62
40	1972	Ooh...You Are Awful	Warder Burke	46
41	1973	Elementary, My Dear Watson	Inspector Street	0
42	1975	King Arthur, the Young Warlord	Ambrose	70
43	1976	Baby Sitters		0
44	1976	On the Tiles		0
45	1976	The Big Kick		0
46	1976	Double Trouble		0
47	1976	Wedding Bells		0
48	1976	Monkey Tricks		0
49	1976	Pot Luck	Farmer	0
50	1976	The Slipper and the Rose	Dress Shop Proprieter	69
51	1978	The Medusa Touch	Major Henry Morlar	68
52	1978	The Lord of the Rings	Bilbo (voice)	66
53	1980	A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special	Mr Braithwaite	100
54	1981	The Final Conflict	Dr. Philmore	58
55	1981	If You Go Down in the Woods Today	Doctor	45
56	1982	The Ghost Downstairs	Mr. Morris	0
57	1984	A Voyage Round My Father	Ham	76
58	1984	Black Carrion	Henry Bircher	60
59	1984	This Office Life	Seeds	0
60	1986	Buddy	Mr Normington	0
61	1992	Miss Pym's Day Out	Man on Bus	0
62	1992	Born Kicking	Mr Radley	0
63	1993	Shadowlands	Taxi Driver Witness	69
64	1996	Crossing the Floor	Grandfather	67

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Armchair Theatre	Walter	58
2	1959	No Hiding Place		37
3	1960	Coronation Street	Frank Jackson	54
4	1961	The Avengers		77
5	1962	Z-Cars		70
6	1962	The Saint	Mr. Spode	73
7	1962	The Saint	Weems	73
8	1965	Public Eye	Arthur Biddle	78
9	1965	Gideon's Way	Supt. Fred Lee	68
10	1965	It's Not Me - It's Them!	Mr. Partridge	0
11	1965	Thirty-Minute Theatre	Arthur Pendlebury	38
12	1966	Till Death Us Do Part		74
13	1967	Sanctuary		50
14	1969	Department S	Drayton	49
15	1969	Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)	Elliot	70
16	1969	Softly Softly: Task Force	Samuel Tomkins	60
17	1971	Budgie	Inspector Charles Upton	70
18	1971	The Guardians		55
19	1971	Jason King		73
20	1971	The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes	Inspector Trent	73
21	1972	Shirley's World		50
22	1972	My Wife Next Door		60
23	1972	The Adventurer	Brooks	55
24	1972	Crown Court		54
25	1972	Arthur of the Britons	Ambrose	60
26	1973	Up The Workers	Sid Stubbins	0
27	1975	Angels		37
28	1975	Two's Company	Mr. Bunn	70
29	1975	Fawlty Towers	Mr. Arrad	83
30	1976	Yanks Go Home		50
31	1977	Raffles		80
32	1977	Miss Jones And Son		50
33	1978	All Creatures Great and Small	Farmer Benson	77
34	1978	Life Begins at Forty		50
35	1978	Return of the Saint	Morgan	70
36	1978	The Glums	Office Manager	0
37	1979	Thomas & Sarah		55
38	1979	Worzel Gummidge	Mr. Braithwaite	62
39	1980	Yes Minister		83
40	1980	Hammer House of Horror	Basil	71
41	1980	To Serve Them All My Days	Alderman Blunt	77
42	1981	Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years	Sir Maurice Hanley	50
43	1984	Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense	Henry Bircher	64
44	1985	Screen Two	Grandfather	68

Norman Bird

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